Tropical Plant Markers

Engraved plant markers for palms, tropicals and warm-climate specimens — rust-proof aluminum and UV-stable acrylic tags that hold up to heat, humidity and salt air.

Tropical plantings punish cheap labels faster than anything else. Constant humidity, hard sun, and salt in coastal air will take a printed tag apart in a season, and a palm is exactly the plant you don't want to guess about — cold tolerance varies enormously between species that look similar in a landscape, and the wrong guess during a frost event costs you the tree.

The aluminum tags are the right call in humid and coastal conditions, since there's no coating to lift and nothing to rust. Both the aluminum and acrylic markers hold common and botanical name, and the QR option links the tag back to my palm care guide so the cold-protection specifics are a scan away rather than a memory.

Engraved by hand in Phoenix, Arizona.

Read the tropical and exotic care guides →